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Lee often used her lipstick to inscribe Chinese characters on the tail of her plane and the planes of her fellow pilots. [16] [7] Hazel Ying Lee reviews her performance after a session in a Link trainer. Lee was known as a great cook and used Chinese cuisine as a way to introduce WASP pilots to Chinese culture.
Mabel Ping-Hua Lee was born on October 7, 1896 [8] in Guangzhou during the Qing dynasty of China. [9] [10] [6] Her father was Lee To or Lee Towe, a minister who immigrated to the United States and worked in the American Baptist Home Mission Society. [11]
John Liu Fugh – first Chinese American officer to be promoted to the rank of major general in the United States Army; first Chinese American to serve as Judge Advocate General of the Army Lau Sing Kee - United States Army; for heroism in World War I he became the first Chinese American to be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross , the ...
Richard Aoki was born in San Leandro, California in 1938 to Japanese parents Shozo Aoki and Toshiko Kaniye. [4] He and his family were interned at the Topaz War Relocation Center in Utah from 1942 to 1945 due to Executive Order 9066. [5] They moved to a predominantly black neighborhood in Oakland, California after World War II ended. [5]
The People's Republic of China sent troops to stiffen the North Korean fighting response. On the night of November 2–3 in the Sudong Gorge, Lee's unit was attacked by Chinese forces. Lee kept his men focused by directing them to shoot at the enemy's muzzle flashes. Following this, Lee single-handedly advanced upon the enemy front and attacked ...
The Thompsons, a Black couple, rented to the Dongs, a Chinese American family, 85 years ago when nobody else would. Now, the Dongs are donating $5 million to Black college students because they ...
In 1939, Gus and Emma Thompson, a Black entrepreneurial couple, agreed to rent and eventually sell the house they owned to the Dongs, a Chinese American family.
Amy Lynn Chua (Chinese: 蔡美儿, born October 26, 1962), also known as "the Tiger Mom", [2] [3] [4] is an American corporate lawyer, legal scholar, and writer. She is the John M. Duff Jr. Professor of Law at Yale Law School with an expertise in international business transactions, law and development, ethnic conflict, and globalization. [5]